Shoe-shining machine.



W. R. PIERCE.

SHOE SHNING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILM) mm2/11910v RBNEWED ooT.18,1912.

Patented Jan. '7, 1913.

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W. R. PIERCE.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION pum) 111111122, 1910 1121112111:@ 0011111912.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

W. R. PIERCE.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNB22.1910v RBNEWBD 001218. 1912.

1,049,393. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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We R. PIER-CE.

SHOE SHNING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1910. RBNEWED 00m18.191z.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

W. R. PIERCE.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNnzz, 1910 RBNEWED ocT.1s,1912.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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W. B.. PIERCE.

SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

2.1910. RBNBWED 00118, 19

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZ 12. 1,049,393. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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UNITED STATES; PATENT orr1-on.

WILLIAM RICHARD PIERCE', oFoHIcAGo, ILLINOIS.

' sHoE-sHINING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters latent.

App1i'cati'0n-1ed June 22, 1910, serial No. 5e8,2gs.5 l Renewed october 1s, i912. seri-a1 N0.'-72s,'56'9. -f

To all 'whom it may concern.' l'

. 8e it knoivntha-t I, vWILLIAM' RICHARD PIERCE, a-citizenof the United States, resid ing'a-t Chicago, inthe county of Cool( 'and 5 Sta-te of Illinois, have Ainvented a' new and useful Shoe-Shining Machine, of which. the followingisa specification. My invention relates to -the provision-of lfacilities for' mechanically' cleaning, black- '10' l-ing and'polishing, or cleaning, dressing and j f. 'polishing-shoes; and the objects' of my in-.

' vent'ionare, first, the provision of means for clcann'g thes'hoes; second, the provision .of-

-n ie'ans for applying' the lilacking or dressing 1,5 'to the shoes; third, the provision of means for polishing the shoes; fourth', thegarran'ge` ment of -varlousjsetsjgf cleaiiinr and polish- A. 30 en d elevation` of. the mechanism shown in cleaningand Apolishing member. Fig. 5 is a detail of onef'of the yielding arms which` carry the polishingjdrums and'brushes and 3'5 the mechanism Awhich snp'pliesfth'e blacking ordressing'to'thebrushes Fig. 6' is a top "plan' ofthe 'platforms incombi'nation. with which th'e. cleaning and Apolishing" 'niecha- .'nism is inst-alled. Fig.. 7 Vis a vertical sec- 40.1 't-i'on online 7"-7 of Fig. 6. '8. is a front elevation of` the heel'cleaning and pol# vfishing mechanism. Fi g. 9 'is' aside elevation 3' of the mechanism shown in Fig.' 'Fig 10 L isadeta-ilof the portion-'of thepl'tforin in -45 which "the customers shoes are received. 4Fig.v 11 vis* a 'detail of. the Shoe'supporting brackets 'andmeajns of operation.' Fig. 12 is asectional detatil of ,the end'of the check .cylinder Fig. 13`is` a perspective of the '50 Vnotch upon the .inner oscillating' platform for 'e-'ngagi ng"' 1the rotating platform; 'and Fig. "1@ is a dafix h er for'the toe brushes Similar. Lefefnce numerals referv tosimi' lariparts throughout the several views.

-'55 aff-,Referring n ow more particularly to Figs,

'upon the-lower end of which is..a .jbevele d -brus'lling wheel, 13. -nected to the lower end of the armpl'l, and

befhere'after described. ITo 'the r (standard, 16, 'upon the truck,- v'cated other standards`,f"21, in wh refers to a suit-ablev basefhch-i's secured. to"'an oscillating platform or -t,able,- \be"" il. hereafter described, by means of the legs',`2..

Upon the top at each side vvof base', 1, are'rdis- 60 vposed tracks, 3. Upon tl1etracks,3, rests wheels, 4, of a truck, 5.

Rising from. the' top of truck, 5, are standards, 6, inwhicli are journaled shafts, 7. "Theshafts, 7, have f vkeyed or otherwise securely fastened thereto.. 65v

at suit-able` intervals the beveled gears, 8. Rotatably mounted upon the shaft, 7, c1ose' to the beveled gears,- 8, are collars, 9,-Whieh have extending therefrom" -arms 210,; 'and .v' downwardly therefrom leverarms, 1-1'3.- .In 70.' thearm, 10, is rotatably mounted 'a},shaft, 12,

gear, 13, which-meshes with thebeveled-gear,

8, andhpo'n'the top of vertical shag', 12, is`

also to a pin, 15, fixed in a suitable-'portion 'of the top of the truck, 5. It will 'now be seen that. the rotation fof 80 the shaft, 7, will drive through the "beveled f gear, 8, and beveled'gear', 13, vert-'ical shaft, 12, `and the brushing 'or polishing-.'- Lwheel, 13a, and .thatthe polishing wheel will;

`be 'yieldingly vmaintained vin "positionf 'by 5f means ofthe spring, 14. Aswill -beseen i- Figs. l1', 2, and 3, the shafts7-are Yerrang close together .in lpairs parallel to ealrgot and several brush or polishing-wheels,

.Wheelsexten'din lines'closely parallelle, other and so' thabwhenfa shoefisfhel .1n A position'to enter between two-sets of vWheels,

13, the Wheels-'willbe separated'andf at. .the

Tothe rear of t-he standards, 6,updnthelftruck, 5 'are standards, 16, and-in the A stand-' ards, 16,'isjournaled a shaft, 17,.wh;ichf excommunicated to vthe, shaft, 17," by

naled a shaft, 22, ,'which eitend' with. the shaft, `Revoluloly mountedvupon the shaft, 22, are the brackets, .23, in

which are rotatably mounted shafts, 24. Bevel gears, 25, are keyed to the shaft, 22,`

.and bevel gears, i6, are mounted upon the shafts, 24, to mesh with the bevel gears, 25.

vIn the outer end of the shaft, 24, las-clearly shown in' Fig. 4, there is a slot, 27 A cylinde'r 28, having a rear wall 29, In which there is a socket, .30, adapted .to slip over the outer end of the shaft,'24, is provided with interiorly mounted ,brushes or polish-l ing material, and a set screw, `31, screws through the wall of 'the shank, 30, in to the slot, 27,-up`on the end of the shaft, 24. A coil spring, 32, is inserted between the end of ,tvhevb1acket,"23, and the rear face of the socket, 30, to keep the cylinder, 28, yieldf jin'gly Vin its most forward 'itiorn Upon the rear. end of the bracket, 23, is a pro jection orlug, 33,"which extends under a 'projection or lug, 34, `upon the topof the standards, 21. 'lhislconstructlon lls'to prevent' thebracket, 23, from swinging too far toward the ground, and a spring, 34", is cured to the forward end of the' bracket, 23, to yieldingly maintain it in the position secured by the engagement of the lugs, and 4f A sprocket Wheel, 35, is mounted upon the shaft, 17, and alining with the sprocketwheel, 35-,upon the sha-ft, 22, is mounted another sprocket `wheel, 26, which sprocket wheels are connected 'byv the sprocket` chain, 37.4

to have suitable foot rests forjthe shoes and to move the polishing mee 'nism just described so' thatv it will ay pon t-he shoes while they vare upon lthel, estsand will then lbe' withdrawn'out of communication there- With. i

In order to drivcthe-melcllianism just de? .scribed and at the same' tini'le/movethe truck, '5, `forwardly and backwardly 'to act uponv the shoes, I have'provi'dedA the `following mechanism: Upon the rear o f the base, 1, are providedthe vertical standards, 38, inthe top of which is mounted thev shaft, 39. In

the center of the shaft, 39, is a pulley, 40, which is'connected with' a suitable source of power. Upon one end of the shaft, v39, is a' sprocket wheel, 41, and about thesprocketwheel,.41,- is rotatably mounted upon the shaft, 39,-the bifurcated ends of. an arm .or

link, 42. The other end of thelink, 42, is

. also' bifurcated and in"the bifurcation is mounted, so as to aline with the sprocket wheel, 41, theA sprocket wheel, 43, the

sprocket wheels, 41 and 43, .being connected by a sprocket chain, 44. The sprocket wheel,

' 43, is keyed toa short shaft,'.45, upon which is mounted another sprocket wheel,4 6. An'- other bifurcated link, 47, is mounted about the sprocket wheel, 46, and extends into connection with the outer 'end of the shaft,

base, 1. runs over the 'sprocket wheels, 53, 54 and. `An arm, 57, is secured to the sprocket chain,

` As will beseen'hereafter, it purpose 17, and about the sprocket, 20,- mounted thereon. A sprocket chain, 48, connects `the vsprocket. wheels, 46 and 20, to drive the.

shaft, 17. Itewill now be 'seen that the shaft, 17,`upon the movable"truck5, will be rotated .and will at the sa'me time permit ot the movement of the truck, 5. 'In order to move the truck, 5, Iv have mounted,WithinY the base,` l1, a' shaft, 49, upon which isa sprocket wheel, 50. A sprocket wheel51, i's mounted upon the shaft, .39,1 to' aline with ,the sprocket wheel, 50, and a vspror'ket chain, 52connects them. Another sprocket wheel,

53, is mounted upon the 51121115.49, and alin ing with said last mentioned'sprocketwheel is a sprocket'wheel, 54,1ocated ,below the.'

sprocket wheel, '53, and a sprocket wheel,

55, located forwardly of the sprocket wheels, and 54, in about the central portion of the A sprocket. chain, 56,*clmnects and 56, and alsor to a bracket, 58, upon the bot- It is my. object toinstall a l'number' of these machines upon a relatively stationar platform, which shall b e located withfrefY erence to a relatively movable platform and rest-s for the shoes that the Shoes wil1` be successivelyd subjected to the action of the different mechanisms.The movable platshown in Figs. 6 and 7,

form and their arrangement are .clearly Referring n'ow more particularly to ig;

7, it will be seen that .the base, 1,- is' secured tov a rotatable platform or turntable, 459,

'which i-s secured 'to a collar, 60,.surrounding the 'central power shaft, 61. Depending from, the outer edges ofthe turntable, ,59,

are brackets, 62, havingjwheels or rollers,63

Vmounted therein, which reist upon acijreular rail, 64, provided for their trayel. The. central power. shaft, 61,- has secured thereto.

under the collar,60, a' bevel gear 65, and

meshing'therewith is a bevel gear, 66, which is mountedu on the end of a'horizontal shaft, 67, which extends beyond the plat4v forms to be described and through which power -is 'arplied Ato drive themachine.

Upon the top of the" power shaft, 61', are

provided. the-pulleys, 68, which .by means'of the belts, 69, connect with the" respective pulleys 40, of thediflerent A'groups' .of shoeshining mechanisms mounted upon the ro' tatable turntable or platform, 59.- The outer end of the shaft, 67, extends through a bearmg, 70, and'just *insidev of this bearing upon 4the shaft is mountede gear, 1. The beariig,.7t), is provided in a casting, 72, which `extended from it, directly abovel the 'beering, 70, the short shafts, 73 and 74, "s upnljwhich are mounted the .gedrs 75 and which, .treinv with' the gear, `71. The 526%;76, meshes with a. circular rack, 77, 'on the undersideof e circular platform, 't'lwhichis concentric withthe rotatable tforni, 59, and the top of is iush Withf the top of the'bese 1, of. the" shoe slun- .i'p'gV-niechanism.. Tracks, 79, irre laid at proper intervals upon the platform, 78, which-will coincide with and form exten- 15 A"sions to the tracks, 3, upon the b'ase, 1, when "1I-thi? come opposite ,tlieretor pported above the platform, 78, byl the standards, 80?, arising therefrom, is a` platvjforu i,8(). ,I in which .there lare apertures, 81, Y

. .which the shoe restsopcrate. .A' rail, 82, Aupon 4suit-able standards, 83,'is mounted upon the inner edge of the pletforrn, 80, so that the patrons may'A steady themselves' while .their shoes are being. operated upon.A It y will now 'be seen that the circular platforms, 78 andv 80,.,'will vbe continuously rotated by the shaft, 67, through the gears, 7l, 7 5, and

7 6. A right angle dog, 84, pivoted upon the outer end of the bese, 1, engageswithsuitable detente, 85, upon the circuler' plat-form, 78. The detente are s o spaced that when the dog hind detente. ere in engagement vthe tracks, 7 9, upon the circular platform orms :in'extensicn of the tracks,` 3,fupon the base', 1. While the dog and -detentsare in engage- .menu the oscillating table, v59 will be' =:car-

ried-around bythe 'movement of the circulsirplatform, 78, and whilethese parts are .travelingA together' the .speed of the' chain,A

56, is so 'timed as to cause; the truck, 5, to -be carried outwardly upon the mils 79, and the cleaning and .polishing brushes, 13, are

carried 1 p ast the shoes' which have :been introduced into their path through' the aperr' turesl. When the truck, 5, has beenwithdrawn from overthc pltform, 78, its outer end engages the 'right angle dog, 84, and dijsonoages'it fromA the det-ent', 85. I havepro' t0v .vi ed a spring,',86, clearly shown in Figs. 6 vsind 7, which will'peturn the platform, 59, when the dog has beendisengaged from one detent to the position it'hacl vwhen first -engaged bythe preceding detent toa 'position detent., at. which position "another set of brushes will be in position tof-operate upon the shoes.- A recoil drum', 87,'lias been providedto prevent the spring, 86, from re- 6'0 turning the oscillating trible, 59, tooqnickiy. In 'order to support the shoes, and Asecure their introduction into the apertures, .81,-in

. a suitable mannerso -thetfthey 'can be open atedupon by the brushes, eipolishers, I.

a5 herej provided the stand 92 clearly shown in 'as clearly shown -in Figs, 6, 7 10, and11, in

vwhere the dog will be engaged-by .another Figs. 7'- and 11. This stand comprises a base column, 88, the lower end of which'is provided with a wheel, 89, which travels upon a track, 90, which is raised in a portion of its course so that the shoes of the patron after 7'()A having been placed thereon will be lowered to a proper distance below theplatf0rm`80, and in proper relation Ato the brushes 13,

`upon the moving truck, 5, and .will then be v elevated to a position substantially flush 75.A

with the plat-form, 8 0, so that they' can be readily removed when the shining has been completed. Just below Vthe platform78, the base column, 88, branches into thearms, 91, and these arms'turn upwardly and. extend 80 through the platform, 78, and upon their upperends, which extend into `proper 'relation with the aperturesg'll, are carried shoe rests, 92.' As clearly shown inFigs 2"and 6, there is provided 1n the trucks, 5,'s'lots, 93, 35 which extend between each two rows of co` operating polishing brushes, 13. The arms, 91, extend through the slots, 93, as the truck moves voutwardly to polish theshoes.

In Figs. 5 and 1 4, I have show njwo simi- 90 lar sets of mechanism for automtically ape -'ply-ing blacking or dressin'. to thev brushes.

In Fig. 5, is illustrated a Iorm Aof daubing mechanism used with a brush for the sides 'of the shoe. In this form a' curved arm, 94,- 95

is pivoted to the arm 10, which carries-the brush spindle, 12. This Afirm extends Jup- Wardly into proximity with the brush, 13, und carries a semi-'cylindrical blocking or dressing containing box, 95,`.0n the upper end thereof.v A spring, 96, exter'rding'g between the arms, `10 andd, serves to keep the dressing container box, 95, A'away from the '-brush. A. cord, 97, is vsecured tothe arm, 94, and from thence extends over a .105 pulley or shield '98,- upon-.thev arm, 10,'v through another pulley, 99, upon` the truck, 5, to apointupon one'of the standards38, upon the refer offtheghase, 1. This" cord is of such ale-ngth that-` it'does lnot become 110 tautand draw the 'dressing con-toin'erb'ox intocontact with the brush-'until the truck, 2, reaches theend ofits outward movement.-

The mechanism illustrated in Fi 14, lis for the purpose-of supplying bla'c in Aor* 11,5 dressing to a horizontally disposedtoe s in` ing brush, and is similar in operation to the mechanism shown in Fig/,52 -In this case the bracket, 28, has'pivoted thereto'a "curved arm, `100, .on theend of which is a blaeking or dressingcontainer Vbox 101. Inthis case spindle, 24, carries on the end thereof, iny stead of the hollow cylinder, 38, a brush, the rear ifortiori' of which has horizontally -fdis- 4pose bristles 102, fdr actin upon the front 125 edge of the toe and the ront portion of vwhich has bristles 103,: extending radially for action of the shoes.

for-I olslrrig the heels of the-shoe, and; this mec apisris also shown in Fig. 6. As will beseeuroin Fig. 7 a wall, 104, extends verthereon, which is driven by va bevel gear,

112, upon the shaft, 106. Polishing brushes, 113, are carried upon the upper ends of the spindles, 110. A spring, 114C, secured to the arm 109.,- and the wall, 104 serves tohold the brushes 113, yieldingly against the'heels The brushes 113, are driven in the following manner; `A bracket, v114,

extends vfrom the wall,''104,.ata point just below-- the platform, 80.l 'This bracket carries a vfriction Wheel, 115, whichcontacts `the movable platform, 80,- and is driven by it, and which'carries a pulley, 116. I`he. e of oneofthe' brackets, 105, and upon its'end is secured a.V

shaft, 106, extends outsi pulley, 117. A belt 118, passes over'the pull leys 116' and A117, Athereby carrying power from the friction wheel, 115, through the gears to the spindles, 110, and bristles, 118. Having thus described'my invention, what ters Patent, is

LA shoe. shining I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letshafts mounted upon said`truc'k,` a plurality of brushesA pivotally mounted A'upon and geared to each vof saidfshafts", means for rotating said shafts and thelbrushes' carried thereby, and meansfor ,movin'g'said truck to bring said shafts 'andthe brushes carried thereby upon opposite sidesv of "said support.

- 2. .A shoe shinin machine comprising-a. shoe support, a ltrucllr', parallel .shafts'mou'ntf ,ed upon said truck, yieldir'igl" mounted brushes u on 'each shaft, `means or rotating adjacent rushes upon the-same 'shaft in opposite directions, and means for-moving said truck-to bring-said brushes 'closely adjacent to said support.'

, 3. A shoe sluning machlne comprising a truck, parallelly disposed shafts mounted thereon, brackets pivotedupon said shafts,

machine comprisin a shoe support, a truck,. a pa1r.of para lel Leemans spindles carried by said brackets and driven 55 by said shafts, shoe shinin devices carried by said spindles, means or driving said shafts, a shoe support, and means for mov ing said truck to bring said devices into conf tact with shoes upon said supports.

4. A shoe shining-machine comprising a rotatable platform, shoe supports carried thereby, anotherA independently rotatable platform, tru'clis mountedv thereon, brushes mounted upon said trucks, means for driv-"G ing said brushes, means tending to maintain said last mentioned latform in a fixed pos sition, means for loc ing said platforms together, means for moving said trucks. -to

bring said brushes into and out of proximity A'lo with said' shoe supports, and means controlled by the movement of said trucks for disengaglng said platforlns.

5. A shoe shining machine comprising a rotatable platform, shoe supports carried thereby, another independently l rotatable" platform, trucks mounted thereon, brushes mounted on said trucks, means for driving said brushes, means for moving said trucks l to bring said brushes linto operative prox 80 imity with said supports, means tending to maintain said last mentioned platform'i a fixed position, and brushes actuated by t e movement of said rotating platform for contacting the heels of shoes upon Said "supp ports.

6. A shoe shining machine'comprising a rotatable platform, shoev supports secured, thereto, means actuatedby the movement of said platform for moving saidfsupports into 90 different vert-ical positions, another plat- .'form, means for locking said platformstogether,- means tending to maintain said last mentioned platform in afixed position,-

means-controlled by.' the'mvement of said v95 platforms for releasing them from lt :n'gage-` ment, means for engaging and disengagi'ng 7^ vsaid platforms, trucks u on said -last Ine'n-A tioned platform,` shoe s ining mechanism A thereon, and means for' moving said trucks 100 to bring said mechanism iiitorand out 'operative proximity vwith said supports.

In testimony whereof I-a-iix my signature in the presence of .two witnesses.

-WILLIAM RICHARD PIERCE. Witnesses:

O. M. WERMICH, BENJ. T. RoooHoUsa. l 

